Caribou Municipal
CAR · KCAR · Caribou, Maine · Aroostook County · map
Caribou Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Caribou, 1 mile northwest of Caribou, Maine, 620 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 84 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCAR · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 10 knots, gusting to 24
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 4,300 feet
- Temperature 49°F (9°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 29.72 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 18 knots, gusting to 28, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 15 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 11 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the south at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCAR 062154Z AUTO 29010G24KT 250V330 10SM OVC043 09/01 A2972 RMK AO2 PK WND 30029/2143 SLP070 T00940011
TAF KCAR 061720Z 0618/0718 29018G28KT P6SM BKN040 FM062100 29015G23KT P6SM BKN040 FM070000 29011G19KT P6SM SCT040 WS020/30035KT FM070500 28007KT P6SM SCT200 FM071600 19009KT P6SM BKN050
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CAR · ICAO KCAR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Caribou
- Elevation
- 620 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,016 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: gnd 7 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 29: threshold displaced 398 ft, building 34 ft high 398 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Caribou and rco | 122.3 | Caribou |
| Caribou and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.75 | |
| Car and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 207-544-7089.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Caribou from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Caribou, Maine: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Runway 01/19 obstruction lights alg both sides of prim surface and tree LN.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 800 feet above ground level light aircraft; 1000 feet above ground level multi and large sngl eng aircraft.
- 24 hour fuel available with credit card.
- Gnd 0-200 feet from eor 100-250 feet R of centerline rising to +8 feet.
- Gnd on both sides rising to +3 feet 200 feet from runway end.
- 524 feet dthr; +302 feet blast pad beyond end of runway.
- 24:1 ratio to dthr.
- Runway 01 +23 feet pwr pole and +26 feet trees, 950 feet from threshold air carriers approach.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.